Apoptotic cell death in disease—Current understanding of the NCCD 2023

I Vitale, F Pietrocola, E Guilbaud… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Apoptosis is a form of regulated cell death (RCD) that involves proteases of the caspase
family. Pharmacological and genetic strategies that experimentally inhibit or delay apoptosis …

MYC: a multipurpose oncogene with prognostic and therapeutic implications in blood malignancies

SE Ahmadi, S Rahimi, B Zarandi, R Chegeni… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
MYC oncogene is a transcription factor with a wide array of functions affecting cellular
activities such as cell cycle, apoptosis, DNA damage response, and hematopoiesis. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting MCL-1 in hematologic malignancies: Rationale and progress

AH Wei, AW Roberts, A Spencer, AS Rosenberg… - Blood reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 (MCL-1) is an antiapoptotic protein that plays a key role in
promoting cell survival in multiple myeloma (MM), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and non …

Dual targeting of BCL-2 and MCL-1 in the presence of BAX breaks venetoclax resistance in human small cell lung cancer

Z Valko, Z Megyesfalvi, A Schwendenwein… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background No targeted drugs are currently available against small cell lung cancer
(SCLC). BCL-2 family members are involved in apoptosis regulation and represent …

Ubiquitination and deubiquitination of MCL1 in cancer: deciphering chemoresistance mechanisms and providing potential therapeutic options

X Wu, Q Luo, Z Liu - Cell death & disease, 2020 - nature.com
MCL1 is an important antiapoptotic member of the BCL-2 family that is distinguishable from
other family members based on its relatively short half-life. Emerging studies have revealed …

Gestational exposure to environmental cadmium induces placental apoptosis and fetal growth restriction via Parkin-modulated MCL-1 degradation

HL Zhu, LM Dai, YW **ong, XT Shi, WB Liu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metal cadmium (Cd), a classical environmental pollutant, causes placental apoptosis
and fetal growth restriction (FGR), whereby the mechanism remains unclear. Here, our …

Mitochondrial metabolism as a target for acute myeloid leukemia treatment

SB Panina, J Pei, NV Kirienko - Cancer & Metabolism, 2021 - Springer
Acute myeloid leukemias (AML) are a group of aggressive hematologic malignancies
resulting from acquired genetic mutations in hematopoietic stem cells that affect patients of …

NADPH oxidase mediated oxidative stress signaling in FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia

Y Chen, Z Zou, MA Găman, L Xu, J Li - Cell Death Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
The internal tandem duplication of the juxtamembrane domain of the FMS-like tyrosine
kinase 3 (FLT3-ITD) is the most common genetic change in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) …

Stromal bone marrow fibroblasts and mesenchymal stem cells support acute myeloid leukaemia cells and promote therapy resistance

KE Miari, MTS Williams - British Journal of Pharmacology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The bone marrow (BM) is the primary site of adult haematopoiesis, where stromal elements
(eg fibroblasts and mesenchymal stem cells [MSCs]) work in concert to support blood cell …

Bone marrow microenvironment as a source of new drug targets for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia

KA Skelding, DL Barry, DZ Theron, LF Lincz - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease with one of the worst survival
rates of all cancers. The bone marrow microenvironment is increasingly being recognised as …